pferguson | February 21, 2021
The Strang Brothers Some years ago, a decision was made to visit Winnipeg and have a wander about over a three-day period. The visit was our typical exploration of a city, its cemeteries, historical sites and points of interest. Much was learned as both new names of interest and familiar ones were brought to light. […]
Category: Remember Them Well |
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Tags: 16th Battalion Veterans Association, 16th Canadian Infantry Battalion (The Canadian Scottish), Amputation, Campbell Sinclair Strang, Harold Beresford Sinclair Strang, Honours and Awards, La Boiselle, Robert "Robin" Sinclair Strang, St. John's Anglican Cathedral (Winnipeg)
pferguson | January 20, 2018
16th Battalion C.E.F. Prisoners of War (Part 2) …the enemy opened a heavy bombing attack against the left flank. Sergeant Slessor was wounded and captured – he died three days afterwards. His post was overwhelmed. Only after hard fighting was this onslaught stopped and the block retaken. (Urquhart, The Sixteenth, page 183) See also Behind […]
Category: Snapshots of the Great War |
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Tags: 16th Battalion CEF (Canadian Scottish), 1916, Amputation, Arthur Beaufin Irving (image), Barbed Wire, Brussels Town Cemetery, Died of Wounds as Prisoner of War, George H. Slessor, Hamburg Cemetery, John Albert Smith (image), Porte de Paris Cemetery, Prisoners of War, Prisoners of War Veteran's Organizations, Robert Balfour, St. Souplet British Cemetery, Thomas Edward Boyle (image), Vimy Memorial
pferguson | April 7, 2017
Two Pipers of Canada’s 25th Battalion The 25th Canadian Infantry Battalion, from Nova Scotia, was part of the 5th Infantry Brigade of the Second Canadian Division. The unit, although not considered a highland battalion, had a pipe band of 12 pipers and 10 drummers. The unit’s March Past was “MacKenzie Highlanders” and their mascot, a […]
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Tags: "Robert the Bruce", 1936 Vimy Pilgrimage, 25th Canadian Infantry Battalion, 5th Infantry Brigade, 9 April 1917, Amputation, Bonnie Dundee, Gassed, Machine Gun Fire, Mascots, Nova Scotia, Pipe Band, pipers, Pipes and Drums, Second Canadian Division, Shell Fire, Shell Shock, Vimy Ridge, Walter James Telfer, William Brand, Wounded
pferguson | January 18, 2016
16th Battalion C.E.F. Prisoners of War (Part 1) At long last the first installment of Canadian Scottish soldiers captured during the Great War. This work would not have been possible without the tremendous effort of the late Ted Wigney whose work, in recording and publishing (for all) a record of CEF prisoners of war, was a […]
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Tags: 16th Battalion CEF (Canadian Scottish), 1915, Amputation, Army Order 193 (1919), Attempting to Escape, Captain B.L. Johnston, Determination, Died of Wounds as Prisoner of War, Escaped, Escaping, Gallant Conduct, Interned in Holland, Larchwood (Railway Cutting) Cemetery (Belgium), Lieutenant F.W. MacDonald, Lieutenant Victor Alexander MacLean MC, Major R.Y. Cory, Mentioned in Despatches, Military Cross, Military Medal, Niederzwehren War Cemetery (Germany), Prisoner of War, Prisoners of War, Released, Released [from captivity], Russian Order of St. Anne 4th Class, Schevenigen, Second Battle of Ypres, Services Rendered in Captivity, Tyne Cot Cemetery (Belgium), Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Belgium)
